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Man accused of IS membership on trial in Germany

September 15, 2014

BERLIN – A 20-year-old German man is going on trial in Frankfurt accused of being a member of the extremist Islamic State group.

Monday’s case is the first such case to come to court in Germany and opens just days after the country banned Islamic State symbols and any propaganda activity for the group. Prosecutors allege that Kreshnik Berisha, who once played for a Jewish football club, traveled last year to Syria, where he fought with the group before returning to Germany five months later.